Boxing training in patients with stroke causes improvement of upper extremity, balance, and cognitive functions but should it be applied as virtual or real?

You really think there is any doctor in the world that will prescribe boxing for stroke rehab? Where the whole point of boxing is to damage the brain so you no longer can stand or lift your arms to fight?

 Boxing training in patients with stroke causes improvement of upper extremity, balance, and cognitive functions but should it be applied as virtual or real?

Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation , Volume 28(2) , Pgs. 112-126.

NARIC Accession Number: J86304.  What's this?
ISSN: 1074-9357.
Author(s): Ersoy, Ceren ; Iyigun, Gozde.
Publication Year: 2021.
Number of Pages: 15.

Abstract: 

Study compared the effects of virtual and real boxing training in addition to neurodevelopmental treatment on the upper-extremity, balance, and cognitive functions in hemiparetic stroke patients. Forty hemiparetic stroke patients were assigned to either real boxing group (RBG) or virtual boxing group (VBG), for a total of 24 sessions (3 sessions times a week for 8 weeks). The primary outcome was upper-extremity motor ability as measured by the Wolf Motor Function Test (WMFT). The secondary outcomes were arm-hand dexterity assessed with the Manual Dexterity Test (MMDT), goal-oriented performance assessed with the Video Boxing Analysis (VBA), balance functions assessed with the Fullerton Advanced Balance Scale, and cognitive functions assessed using Addenbrooke’s Cognitive Examination-Revised (ACE-R). Results showed a small treatment effect for ACE-R, small-medium effect for WFMT and MMDT, and large effect for bilateral punching time (VBA) after treatment in both groups. No significant differences were found for training effects between the groups for upper-extremity, balance functions, and cognitive functions. Findings suggest that virtual and real boxing training methods, in addition to neurodevelopmental treatment, are effective in improving upper-extremity, balance, and cognitive functions in patients with hemiparetic stroke. The training effects were higher on bilateral punching time and balance functions for both groups. There was no superiority of either approach.
Descriptor Terms: COGNITION, COMPUTER APPLICATIONS, DEXTERITY, EQUILIBRIUM, HEMIPLEGIA, LIMBS, MOTOR SKILLS, POSTURE, SPORTS, STROKE, THERAPEUTIC TRAINING.


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Citation: Ersoy, Ceren , Iyigun, Gozde. (2021). Boxing training in patients with stroke causes improvement of upper extremity, balance, and cognitive functions but should it be applied as virtual or real?.  Topics in Stroke Rehabilitation , 28(2), Pgs. 112-126. Retrieved 6/22/2021, from REHABDATA database.
 

Boxing Program Helps Stroke Victims Recover

 Unless this is just boxing training where no blows are landed, this is just wrong.

Boxing Program Helps Stroke Victims Recover

By Bianca Castro

Published Jan 28, 2019 at 2:40 PM | Updated at 4:38 PM CST on Jan 28, 2019

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Stroke and traumatic brain injury patients use boxing to help regain physical and mental strength. (Published Monday, Jan. 28, 2019)

A unique program in Frisco is helping stroke survivors get back on their feet. It's a type of activity you'd normally see at a gym, but it's proving success as a body and brain workout.

Mike Jones, of Murphy, can't use the left side of his body, the result of a stroke three months ago.

That's why therapists help him strap on an unlikely tool rehab: boxing gloves.

"It sounded like a crazy idea!" said Jones.

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Adaptive boxing is a new program at Baylor Scott and White Institute for Rehabilitation.

Patients recovering from neurological injuries, whether stroke or a traumatic brain injury, get a workout for their body and their mind.

"We started looking at things in the summertime of what can we do to offer more opportunities to our patients. We are always looking to be innovative,” said Melody Nagle, director of rehabilitation at Baylor Scott and White Institute for Rehabilitation.

That's where Shawnee Harkins comes in. A few years ago she created an adaptive boxing program, called Neuro State of Mind, for private clients.

It was result of her own struggles to bounce back from a traumatic brain injury.

“I quietly used boxing to improve my cognitive function,” she said.

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This is her first partnership with a major North Texas rehab center.

“When I call for something visually or auditory, they go through their memory processing of thinking, reasoning, comprehension, and applying action with that punch,” said Harkins.

After a few classes, Jones showed us how he is now able to move his left leg.

It's a big sign of improvement as he works toward getting his life back, one punch at a time.